Extra-alarm blaze destroys Gage Park auto shop

June 11, 2012|Staff report

Remnants of a Sunday night fire at California Auto Service in the 5000 block of South Western Avenue in Chicago are visible on Monday morning. Fire crews put out the 2-11 alarm fire and a hazardous materials response shortly after 11 p.m. (Heather Charles, Chicago Tribune)

No injuries were reported in the fire at the auto business in the 5000 block of South Western Avenue, but towering flames that burned through the roof helped collapse at least one wall, Chicago Fire Department officials said.

Firefighters took more than an hour to calm the large flames that could be seen for blocks as nighttime temperatures continued to hover around 80 degrees.